Nazis Helped Get Us To The Moon. The Reagan White House Helped Keep Them [W:182]

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Re: Nazis Helped Get Us To The Moon. The Reagan White House Helped Keep Them In The U

Originally Posted by Mensch

I wouldn't say they were 19 at the time of the war. The doctor at Dachau had to be in his late 20's, perhaps 30's. These were not "common German soldiers," but Nazi commanders in charge of slave labor and weapons manufacturing.

It may have been scientifically beneficial to the US, but the moral dilemma remains. We did the same with the Japanese doctors who were responsible for torturing thousands of innocent civilians during experiments on par with Joseph Mengele. It may have been economically/scientifically beneficial to the country, but it is morally wrong.

Most of the 'Nazis' that the OSI has tried to denaturalize were alleged to be concentration camp guards who were in their early 20's at the end of the war.............most die before the deportation proceedings are completed.........I wonder how much longer we will continue to fund this OSI to track down people in their 90s.

Re: Nazis Helped Get Us To The Moon. The Reagan White House Helped Keep Them In The U

Former Nazi officials, including one notorious Dachau camp doctor who was involved in human experimentation, played leading roles in NASA. Thanks to the precursor to the CIA (OSO) and the Reagan White House, particularly Pat Buchanan.

Thoughts?

After WWII all sides absconded with a number of German Scientists and engineers.

The United States wound up with Wernher von Braun, who helped develop the Saturn 5 Rocket .

But Von Braun wasn't reponsible for the Moon landings.

His idea was to land a Saturn 5 Rocket on the moon. An American came up with the concept of the Lunar lander.

The innovations that allowed us to land men on the moon and return them safely to Earth came from a long list of American Engineers and Scientists.

Re: Nazis Helped Get Us To The Moon. The Reagan White House Helped Keep Them In The U

Originally Posted by ecofarm

I can agree with not treating them as heroes, but wasting top scientists is stupid. They're no longer part of a genocidal organization. They have no power. They are no threat. What sense does it make to trash ones own tech development to make a symbolic statement at a price that reaches national levels.

It would be like throwing war treasure in the ocean.

Because sometimes its good to be able to look yourself in the mirror. I don't want a guy in my country who conducted medical experiments on other human beings. I don't want a rocket scientist who used slave laborers under appalling conditions to make his rockets, which were then dropped on London and Rotterdam. But that's just me.